Hot-air register



JAMES LEE ELLIsroN, or CLINTON, MIssounr.

HOT-AIR REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedsept. 139 1921.

. Application tiled March 25, 1921. Serial No. 455,663.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, J AMES L. ELLIsToN, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of Clinton, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-Air Registers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to registers especially adapted for vuse inconnection with they so-called pipeless furnaces.

An importantobject of this invention is to provide a register havingnovel means for cutting off the view of the interior of the main conduitofthe pipeless furnace from the room into whichthe conduit discharges.

A further object is to provide a register having means which in additionto cutting ofi' the .view of the interior of the conduit give theregister an appearance of strength so that persons will not hesitate towalk on theregister. l

Other objeets and advantages of the in vention will be apparent duringthecourse ,of the' following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisV application and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure l is a plan view of a register enlbodied in the invention. f

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view through a slightly modified form ofinvention.'

In the drawing wherein for the purpose.

of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, thenumeral 5 generally designates a register having a reticulated body 6which is formed from a plurality of crossed rods or the like.

Briefly stated, this invention resides in providing simple means wherebypeople within the room provided with the register will not be permittedto look through the reticulated body and view the main heat conveyingconduit which is directly beneath -the register and whichlextends fromthe top of the furnace.

The inventive idea involved is capable of a variety of mechanicalexpressions, and by way of illustration I have shown a pluralityv ofspaced arallel angle plates or bars 8 arranged d1rectly eneath theregister and having attaching Nmeans' indicated at 9. Each angle bar 8is provided with an upper flange 10 which extends from the register to apoint directly beneath the adjacent bar of the grating thereby cuttingoff avview of the 'interior of the conduit which communicates with therooml withinl which the register is arranged. Each angle bar 8 is alsoprovided with a downwardly extending flange 1l which servesl to directthe heat between the upper flanges 10 and which serves also as a baillefor preventing solid particles of dirt or dust from passing through theregister and into the room. `i

In the form of the 1nvention illustrated in Fig. 3 the upper ends of theangle bars are rolled about the grating bars 12 as indicated at 13.

In carrying out the invention the angle barsv or other means forobstructing the vi'ew may be attached to a frame capable of insertion inthe upper portion of the conduit so as to effectively cut off the viewof the interior of the conduit and to give the registeran appearance ofstrength so that vpersons within the room will not hesitate to pass overthe register. i The improved view-obstructing device does not interferewith the conduction of the heat through the register but ratherincreases the efficiency of the register since solidV particles of dirtwhich may be suspended in the heated air are prevented from passingbeyond the baffles.

yIt is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shownand described is to be taken as a preferred exampleof the same andthatsuch minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts may be madeaswill remain Within the spirit of the invention claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what .is claimed is 1. A heatregister for one-pipe furnaces comprising'a reticulated body having aplurality of .spaced parallel bars, said retlcuand the scope of what i'slated body being adapted to be arrangedat and a means for dif rectingthe heat between the upper flanges, said angle bars being arranged inspaced l parallelen relation.

medals? y flanges arranged in an inclined position, said angle bars alsobeing provided with lower 10 inclined Hanges arranged at right angles tosaid first named flanges and constituting dust baiiies and means fordirecting the heat between the upper rianges, said angle bars beingarranged in s aced relation.

MME LEE ELLisToN.

